PACE told PTAC it carried roughly 70% of 2019 ridership in May (about 2,000,000 trips) and described a new $5 Van Gogh last‑mile vehicle program in Crystal Lake and a 13‑mile radius vanpool/feeder option to link employers and riders.

At a McHenry County PTAC meeting, RTA and Pace representatives outlined a recently passed state law that redirects motor-fuel sales-tax revenue to transit, reduces the regional farebox recovery requirement from 50% to 25%, creates a new oversight body (referred to in the meeting as NEDA/NITA) and provides new operating and capital funding streams.

County staff briefed the committee on a newly filed House amendment to S.B.2111 that would create a successor regional transit board with 20 members, a 12-vote threshold plus 2-of-4 subgroup requirement for key actions, and multiple proposed new revenue sources including a 0.25% regional sales-tax increase, a streaming-service tax, a billionaire ("